Don Touhig: The House will be aware from recent Adjournment debates that military flying activity is essential if we are to maintain operational capability. However, we also take our commitment to minimise, as far is reasonably practicable, the impact of noise on local communities. We have therefore conducted a study on aircraft environmental noise. The report is today being placed in the Library of the House and is published on the Ministry of Defence website at:
	http://www.mod.uk/linked–files/dsc/env/aen–report.pdf.
	We will continue to strive for a fair balance between our need to fly and the effect of aircraft noise on local communities.